Dissident Syria : making oppositional arts official / Miriam Cooke.

Author/creator Cooke, Miriam
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Descriptionviii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- "Culture is humanity's highest need" / As if . . . / Slogans, slogans everywhere -- Freedom and democracy -- Our literature does not leave the country / Nadia al-Ghazzi / Colette al-Khuri -- No such thing as women's literature / Ulfat Idilbi / Salons and Mallahat al-Khani / Nadia Khust and the Nadwa -- Commissioned criticism / Culture after the Fall of the Wall / Commissioned criticism / The fantasy of choice -- Dissident performances / Performing dissidence / The ghoul / -- Historical miniatures -- Filming dreams / The extras / Dreaming features / Documenting dreams -- Lighten your step / Ibrahim Samuil / Waiting / Ghassan al-Jaba'i / Lessons from a rogue state -- Leaving Damascus -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index.
LCCN 2007003444
ISBN9780822340164 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN082234016X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822340355 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822340356 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DS 94.6 .C66 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold